Oliver Sanford (1746 - 1817)

Born 24 May 1746 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, British Colonial America

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Died 18 Dec 1817 at age 71 in Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Birth

Oliver was born to David and Rachel (Strong) Sanford on 24 May 1744, apparently in Milford, ^[1] although his birth was not recorded in the town records nor was his baptism recorded in the church there.

Soldier of the Revolution

Oliver served in the Connecticut Militia during the Revolution. In April 1777; during the British raid on Danbury, which began with a landing on Compo Beach, he was one of the 42 "minutemen" captured and carried to New York.^[2]

Marriage

Oliver married Phebe Newton, daughter of Jonah and Phebe (Platt) Newton^[1] about 1764, judging from their birth dates and dthe birth of their first child, presumably in Milford, home town for both of them.

Phebe died in 1793.

Oliver then married the widow of Robert Green.^[1]

Removals

Oliver and Phebe may have begun their life together in Milford, but by 1771 they were members of the church in Woodbury^[3] and had presumably resettled in that town. Oliver operated a tannery there.^[1]

After the Revolution, Oliver and family removed from Connecticut to Poultney, Vermont. Oliver was reported living there in the first three Federal censuses in 1790, 1800, and 1810^[4]

Death

Oliver died December 18, 1817, in Poultney, Vermont^[5]

Children

Oliver and Phebe Sanford had thirteen children, first three presumably born in Milford but not recorded there and later baptized in Woodbury, next four presumably born in Woodbury shortly before they were baptized there,^[3] and last five presumably born in Poultney^[1]

• Oliver, b. 18 Apr 1765, bp. 19 Sep 1771, m. Catherine Green
• David, b. 9 Jan 1769, bp. 19 Sep 1771, m. Abigail Sturtevand, then Lucretia Beaman
• Newton, b. 19 Dec 1769, bp. 19 Sep 1771, m. Lydia Adams
• Phebe, bp. 19 Jan 1772, m. Samuel Buckland
• Eunice, bp. 30 Oct 1774, died at age 18
• Rachel, bp, 27 Oct 1776, m. Alexander Clark
• Reuben, bp, 25 Apr 1779, m. Polly Lewis
• Nathan, b. 1782, died at age 2
• William, b. 18 Dec 1784
• Elizabeth, b. 12 May 1786, m. Reuben Hartsworth
• Catherine/Clarissa, b. 1788, m. William Angevine
• Abigail, b. 10 Aug 1790, m. Gideon Kendrick
• Althea/Altha, b. 25 Sep 1792, m. William Lusk

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Thomas Sanford, the emigrant to New England - ancestry, life and descendants 1632-4. Sketches of four other pioneer Sanfords and some of their descendants, by Carlton E. Sanford, published 1911 by the Tuttle Company printers in Rutland, VT., pages 183
2. ↑ Johnston, Henry, Record of service of Connecticut men in the I. War of the Revolution . . .(Hartford, 1889, Connecticut. Adjutant-General's Office), p. 493, cited by Sanford, original viewed on archive.org
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3032/images/41107_620303988_0426-00126?ssrc=&backlabel=Return "Connecticut Church Abstracts 1630-1920, Woodbury Church, p. 123 in transcription, citing pp. 147, 153, 154, 156, 181 in original, viewed on ancestry.com($)]
4. ↑ United States census, 1790, 1800 and 1810, viewable on NEHGS site, viewable on other, free sites.
5. ↑ Vermont births, marriages, and deaths record card, accessed thru NEHGS [1] Mentions wife Phebe, cemetery #5

• Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), p. 641.

See also:

• Find A Grave Memorial# 29126937

• SAR certificate for William Sanford Preston, Jr.

• *Find a Grave 29126937/oliver-sanford